Waspie_Dwarf Posted August 25, 2014 #1 Share Posted August 25, 2014 NASA Captures Images of a Late Summer Flare On Aug. 24, 2014, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 8:16 a.m. EDT. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the flare, which erupted on the left side of the sun. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however -- when intense enough -- they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel.Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted August 30, 2014 Author #2 Share Posted August 30, 2014 (edited) Late Summer M5 Solar Flare - August, 24, 2014On Aug. 24, 2014, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 8:16 a.m. EDT. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the flare, which erupted on the left side of the sun. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however -- when intense enough -- they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel.To see how this event may affect Earth, please visit NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center at http://spaceweather.gov, the U.S. government's official source for space weather forecasts, alerts, watches and warnings.This flare is classified as an M5 flare. M-class flares are ten times less powerful than the most intense flares, called X-class flares. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterSource: NASA Goddard - Multimedia Edited August 30, 2014 by Waspie_Dwarf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 3, 2014 Author #3 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) NASA's STEREO "Winks" and Provides Stunning Solar Imagery NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory witnessed a dramatic solar eruption on Aug. 24, 2014 -- even with one of its "eyes" partially closed.This imagery of a coronal mass ejection, a giant explosion of solar material that explodes out into space, was captured by one of STEREO's two spacecraft, STEREO-B, which currently has a view of the far side of the sun. Read more... Edited September 3, 2014 by Waspie_Dwarf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 3, 2014 Author #4 Share Posted September 3, 2014 STEREO's View of Aug. 24, 2014 Eruption A bright eruption of solar material surges into space as captured by NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, which currently has a view of the far side of the sun. Credit: NASA/STEREOSource: NASA - Multimedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted September 3, 2014 #5 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) Awesome to see images of huge solar flares.. on the "FAR" !? side of the sun? Edited September 3, 2014 by lightly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 3, 2014 Author #6 Share Posted September 3, 2014 on the "FAR" !? side of the sun? Yes, the STEREO spacecraft are in solar orbit and are positioned so that at least one of them gets to view the side of the sun hidden from Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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